Race and Disorder: The Chicago Eight Trial Judge and Prosecutors Meet the Constitution and Bobby Seale

Article by Catherine Hancock

This article examines the Chicago Eight trial through the lens of critical race theory. The article will further discuss the contending opinions of observers as to who deserved the blame for the courtroom disorder that produced so many contempt charges and so much bad publicity for the legal profession and the constitutional violations committed by Judge Hoffman and the prosecutors. This article also offers reflections and fleeting glimpses of those involved in the trial.


About the Author

Catherine Hancock, Geoffrey C. Bible & Murray H. Bring Professor of Constitutional Law at Tulane University School of Law.

Citation

96 Tul. L. Rev. 819 (2022)